I have a personal fileserver at home with 6 HDs:
- 1 500 GB one for the OS
- 1 4 TB one for temporary data
- four 2 TB ones that we want to configure in some sort of RAID 5 fashion
It looks like I have two options:
- Ubuntu with the four 2 TB drives using ZFS RAID-Z
- Rockstor with the four 2 TB drives using BTRFS
For both of them the OS will be installed on the 500 GB and the 4 TB will be a temporary drive for stuff.
We were leaning towards Ubuntu because then we can still use the machine as a desktop when/if needed (rarely).
Wondering if anyone has any thoughts or recommendations? Having a tough time deciding...